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Complaint, women's trouble (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wail

'complaint' is the definition.
(wail is a kind of complaint)

'women's trouble' is the wordplay.
'women' becomes 'w'.
'trouble' becomes 'ail' ('ail' can be a synonym of 'trouble'**).
'w'+'ail'='WAIL'

(Other definitions for wail that I've seen before include "Cry, moan" , "Howl" , "Lamentation" , "blub" , "Lament noisily" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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